KVHS


Kishwaukee Valley Heritage Society
 

 

 

Celebrating the Society's 30th Anniversary
and the Museum Building's 125th Anniversary

 

622 W. Park Avenue
Genoa, IL 60135
815-784-5559

Hours:
Second Sunday of Each Month 2-4 p.m.
Each Wednesday: 1-5 pm (volunteers work day)
By appointment
 

Officers:
John Lyon - President
Orrin Merritt - Vice President
Roxy Carey - Secretary
 Dolores Gallagher - Treasurer

Email: KVHS@atcyber.net

 

 

Membership Annual Dues

Kishwaukee Valley Heritage Society is a 501(C) 3 not-for-profit organization.



 

Kishwaukee Valley Heritage Society Index Project
Our newly computerized and indexed archive information includes obituaries, family histories, photos, schools, businesses, churches, organizations, sports, celebrations and property abstracts.  This is a partial listing of our accessions which are continually being up-dated. 

Some interesting items included in our archives are the following:
The Oldest horse drawn hearse in DeKalb County
1923 Overland Touring Car
Model railroad trains
Depot built in 1882 and Caboose (Crummy) from 1950
An old printing press
Genoa Merchants baseball team scrapbook and pictures
A large collection of telephones made in Genoa including:
Wall telephones dating from 1892-1913
An Army field telephone and field switchboard from WWII
The first dial telephone
The prototype Strowger switch which began the automation of the telephone system
A large collection of pictures of telephones, switchboards and manufactured parts.

 

The Society has developed Pioneer Family Files for use by researchers.
Click on Pioneer Family Files banner to see a list of surnames.

 

The Society has several publications available for purchase.
Click on Publications banner for a list.
 

 

This page maintained by Sheri Baker 

Copyright 2007 Sheri Baker.  All Rights Reserved.
Copyright of submitted items belongs to those responsible for their authorship or creation unless otherwise assigned.